Posts by date: May 2015

We have in the Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums costume collection some beautiful wedding outfits from the First World War era. 1914 – TWCMS : D5868.1-5 & D5871 This wedding dress (above) is currently on display in… Read more

Over days and weeks in May 1937, a group of Newcastle cargo ships steamed out of Bilbao, their decks crowded with refugees. They were taking part in a massive rescue scheme for Basque civilians during the Spanish Civil War. Starving refugees, like… Read more

Five WW1 evening outfits. Recently we had some of our beautiful costume collection photographed professionally as part of the ‘Wor Life’ project. This uncovered some gorgeous evening dress that hasn’t been seen for some time and here I’ll show you five of… Read more

Five WW1 era day dresses We recently had some of our beautiful costume collection photographed professionally as part of the ‘Wor Life’ project. This uncovered some beautiful day dresses from the First World War era that haven’t been seen in… Read more

While I was recently cataloguing the personnel records in the Vickers Armstrong collection I came across a large quantity of accident records. These give a fascinating insight into working conditions at the factories and shipyards operated by the firm in Newcastle… Read more